A "loved" mum who "made anyone laugh" has died suddenly.
Helen Lynne Kenny, from Ellesmere Port, died suddenly on December 27. The 55-year-old had suffered numerous health conditions in previous years and spent the last five years of her life in a wheelchair but this never stopped "her living life the way she was meant to".
Family friend Jay McCormick paid tribute to the "kindest soul" and shared how Helen had "endured a lot" with her health and losing loved ones in previous years. Back in 2017 Helen spent 15 months in hospital and after waking from a coma was paralysed, unable to speak and "had to fight with everything she had to come back from that".
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In April 2018, Helen was discharged from hospital but her husband Paul Thomas Kenny was diagnosed with stage two liver cancer and after 30 years together Paul sadly died on January 11, 2019.
Speaking to the ECHO, Jay said: "Helen lived her life surrounded by her family, her love was the strongest thing she gave and she would give anyone in need her last penny if it meant she could put someone in a better position.
"Helen was a happily married woman to Paul Thomas Kenny, who now Helen has reunited with which is something she wanted for a long time. Helen was taken into hospital for 15 months and after being in a coma she was paralysed.
"After waking up was unable to move and speak and had to fight with everything she had to come back from that, shortly after Helen was discharged from hospital in April 2018, her husband Paul was sadly diagnosed with stage two liver cancer in August 2018.
"Their time after 30 years of being together was sadly cut short on January 11, 2019. After losing her husband, Helen also sadly lost her Mum in November 2019 and not to mention her home."
Jay has set up a GoFundMe page to help Helen's family during this difficult time and hopes to give her the best send off which she "truly deserves". Paying tribute to Helen, Jay said the mum would light up any room and and "never let anything get in her way".
He told the ECHO: "Helen loved having a social life, she would always be out and about chatting to people, always made a conversation wherever we went. Helen liked to make her presence known and lit up any room she walked into, truly one of the kindest souls to grace any of us.
"Helen would always be doing some sort of shopping, she absolutely loved B&M and Asda, they probably even knew her by name. She also spent the last five years of her life in a wheelchair but she never let that stop her living life the way she was meant to, Helen never let anything get in her way.
"She always managed to crack a laugh and had a wicked sense of humour that was enough to make anyone laugh, and her cheeky laughter was her best medicine for her and for us all. I am so grateful and honoured to be able to give Helen a moving and truthful tribute, truly deserves every kind word and more.
"Helen saw me through some of the toughest times and always managed to make me crack a smile even when she didn't realise it. A woman who has earnt her rest even if it came far too soon in my opinion. Thank you Big H, thank you for every time you made me laugh, thank you for being brutally honest even when it was hard to hear at times, thank you for being you."
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